Experts
Associate Professor of Special Education
University of Illinois
James Shriner, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to coming to Illinois, he was an Assistant Professor of Education at Clemson University and a Senior Researcher for the National Center of Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Shriner’s current work includes research on the effects of both NCLB and IDEIA on students with disabilities’ educational services. Currently, he is principal investigator of an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) research grant (R324J06002), IEP Quality Improvement: Research and Development of Web-based Decision Support.
Dr. Shriner has a record of national, state, and local-level service activities, including membership on several U.S. Department of Education and Illinois State Board of Education advisory groups related to standard-based assessment/accountability for students with disabilities. For Illinois, he is a current member of the Assessment Division’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), and since 2004 has served as an advisory panel member for the Illinois General Supervision Enhancement Grant (GSEG).
Dr. Shriner maintains active consulting and evaluation arrangements with several states, as well as, national technical assistance and research projects. He currently serves as a member of the Research-to-Practice Panel (RtPP) within NCEO, and as an Expert Panel Member for both the National Alternate Assessment Center (NAAC) at the University of Kentucky, and the State of South Carolina’s GSEG grant for development of an Alternate Assessment based on Modified Achievement Standards.
Dr. Shriner has a record of national, state, and local-level service activities, including membership on several U.S. Department of Education and Illinois State Board of Education advisory groups related to standard-based assessment/accountability for students with disabilities. For Illinois, he is a current member of the Assessment Division’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), and since 2004 has served as an advisory panel member for the Illinois General Supervision Enhancement Grant (GSEG).
Dr. Shriner maintains active consulting and evaluation arrangements with several states, as well as, national technical assistance and research projects. He currently serves as a member of the Research-to-Practice Panel (RtPP) within NCEO, and as an Expert Panel Member for both the National Alternate Assessment Center (NAAC) at the University of Kentucky, and the State of South Carolina’s GSEG grant for development of an Alternate Assessment based on Modified Achievement Standards.